Gravity cask at the Wandsworth Halloween Beer Festival 2011. Pours ruby-brown with a small, off-white head. Mild roast aroma with some artificial chocolate. Fairly sweet flavor, light roast, cocoa, slightly tangy dark malts. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Lightly sticky finish, mild roast, some dark sugar, still some tangy dark malts. Alright.

Dark brown. The aroma is nutty and a little bit toasty. Sweetish, lightly toasty with a molasses accent. Not a great brown ale, but it’s decent.

I was happy to find this one on cask at Aikemans in St Andrews the day before Halloween. Served at a comfortable drinking temperature, and found to be a real ale in excellent condition. Clear russet coloured body, with little head to speak of. Quite tempting smell of anise and dark malts. The flavour is a mixture of berries, sweet caramel malts and dark fruits. Medium bodied . A well made, drinkable ale for the season [30.10.2008].

cask at the bow bar ...Deep red coloured ale, with a malty aroma, a deep malt flavour with hints of blackcurrent and chocolate ...4.0 cask at haymarket ... dark brown creamy tan head ... sweet puff candy malt nose ... rich sweet toffee malts again puff candi ...some blackcurrant ... not as nice as i remember 3.7